configuring alsa-utils -> problem with ncurses

Daniel
Hello,

i'm trying to cross-compile the alsa-utils package.

the configure command i use is:

./configure --host=arm-linux --prefix=installDir \
            --with-alsa-prefix=alsaLibDir \
            --with-alsa-inc-prefix=alsaIncDir

I get an error: "required curses helper header not found". Before, the
configure script prints "compiler flags... -I/usr/include/ncursesw"

1. this is not the correct directory of my cross-compiled ncurses library,
which is in another directory ( somewhere in my homedir ). 
Configure warns that /usr/include/ncursesw is not safe for
cross-compilation

2. when I run the same command with "sudo", then the configure prints no
erros and completes successfully

3. I've found no solution to tell the configure-script, where to find my
cross-compiled ncurses library. When I specify the CPPFLAGS variable to the
right directory, configure still uses -I /usr/include/ncursesw first.


Does anybody know how to solve this ?

Thanks !